Israeli-Arab literature

       In Haartez Chassia Chomsky Porat and Azar Dakwar try to make the case that Israeli-Arab literature is part of the nation's canon too -- though they admit that currently essentially:

Arabic literature written in Israel simply does not exist in the cultural world of Hebrew readers

       So also in the 14 years the Sapir Prize -- a leading Israeli literary prize -- has been awarded:

168 authors have participated in the competition. But since the prize's inauguration, in 2000, only one Arab author has ever been short-listed: Sayed Kashua, who writes in Hebrew.

       Among their suggestions: "add to the Sapir Prize a special category for a work in Arabic, named for an Arab writer citizen of Israel".